[Webtoon] Did Koreans‘ love of greens start in the Stone Age? [Walkspot]

Seasoned greens — a staple at every holiday table.

Bracken, bamboo shoots, spinach — blanched and boiled before eating.

Come to think of it, that‘s a remarkable feat of materials science that changed the way people ate.

It was only possible because of pottery that could hold water and withstand fire.

At the Amsa-dong site,

comb-pattern pottery and charred acorns were found together.

They are traces of people processing

even the most difficult ingredients to make them edible.

History textbooks describe comb-pattern pottery

as a symbol of the Neolithic age and the dawn of farming.

But it can also be seen as a symbol of a new material

that made Korea‘s very own “namul” (seasoned greens) culture possible!

That comb-pattern pottery from the textbooks —

you can see it for yourself at Amsa-dong in Seoul.

to be continued…